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Cabardi

Ancient name
Kremnoi
Modern name
Taganrog
Modern country
Russia
Cabardi, a port in the Sea of Tana, was a Genoese colony near both the earlier Porto Pisano and the more recently founded Taganrog, Russia. It is one of a group of toponyms that appears only on a single Sfera map (Ashb7) with an unusual amount of detail around the Black Sea. Campbell #1187; Gordeev 236–7; see also David Jacoby (2017).
Coordinates
47.24, 38.9
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M004

Variant spellings of Cabardi in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
cubardi Tre
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Cabardi.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/cabardi/.